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ABRAHAM MORRIS, OF YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOFA-BEDS.

Specification forming part of Letter Patent No. 118,966, dated September12, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM MORRIS, of the city of New York, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sofa-Bed;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a vertical transverse section of my improvedsofa-bed, showing it folded together for a sofa, the line 0 c, Fig. 3,indicating the plane of section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same,showing it partly extended to form a bed. Fig. 3 is a front elevation,partly in section, of the same. Fig. 4 is a plan view, partly insection, of the bed.

' Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new sofa-bed of very simple construction,which will be easily folded together and taken apart, and constitutes astrong, substantial sofa in one, and a large, comfortable bed in theother position. The invention consists principally in so pivoting thesofa-seat and connecting it by rods with the extension bed-frame thatwhen the seat is turned outward it will at the same time cause the saidframe to move out and support the outer half of the bed.

A in the drawing represents the main frame of my improved sofa-bed. Saidframe consists of four supportingdegs, a a, of two side rails, b b, aback-rail, d, and the supporting-flame c e of the sofa-back, which frame0 constitutes a rigid portion of the main frame A. The cushion B of thesofa-back is fixed in its own frame and pivoted at the lower end, at f,to'thc side pieces of the frame 0. This permits itto be swung down, asin Fig. 2, when to be used as portion of the bed. The sofa-scat O isalso formed in its own frame, properly cushioned to form a seat, g, 011one side, and a mattress, h, on the other. It is, near itsfront edge,pivoted by projecting pins i to the front ends of the rails Z), and canbe swung out and reversed (see Fig. when to be used on the bed. D is asliding frame having side pieces 9' j,

a front beam or rail, 1, and legs m m. Its side pieces j rest in groovesor tracks provided for their reception in the sides I) of the frame A,and can slide in and out thereon. Rods a it connect the ends of thepivoted seat 0 with said sliding frame D in such manner that, when saidseat is swung out, it will cause the frame D to slide out and constitutea support for the reversed seat. The outer part of the seat will then besupported on inwardly-pro ecting lugs o of the frame D. The back D, whenswung down into the place formerly occupied by the seat C, will bringits upholstered face 1) down, and will be supported byinwardly-projecting lugs S of the side rails b. When the back B is swungup into the frame 0 it will be held therein either without any fastenings or by the aid of suitable catches. The seat 0, when swung inward toform the sofa-seat, will, by means of the rods a, draw the frame D back,so that the front beam 1 of the said frame will form the face of thesofa-frame. E E are the head-rests of the sofa. They are held in placeby means of projecting tenons tt entering sockets in the frame of theseat 0. When the sofa is to be changed into a bed these head-rests aretaken off, the seat is swung out, and the back folded down, asdescribed. The head-rests can then be secured at the same end of the bedin sockets formed 011 the mattresssides of the parts B and G,respectively, and will then constitute head-rests of the bed. F is adrawer arranged in the lower part of the frame A for the reception ofthe bed-clothes, &c.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The folded seat 0 of a sofa-bed, connected by rods nwith the sliding frame D to operate the same, substantially as hereinshown and described, and combined with the folding back B, in the mannerspecified.

ABRAHAM MORRIS.

\Vitnesses:

Gnonen W. MABEE, T. B. MosHER.

